The effects of speed on the in vivo activity and length of a limb muscle during the locomotion of the iguanian lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 3507-3522

  Nelson, Frank E ^a   Jayne, Bruce C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipsosaurus dorsalis; Electromyography; Kinematics; Lizard; Locomotion; Muscle; Physiology; Sonomicrometry; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; IGUANAS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS; IGUANA; IGUANIA; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035745973     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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